Hinge.



E. H; JACKSON.

HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20,*1912. v 1,062,976. PateAnted May 27, 1913.

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ERS'KXNE H.. JACKSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Speciication or Letters Patent.

. Application filed. August 20, 1912. Serial No. 16,011.`

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Re n` known 'that i, usiriisn rl". Jamison, a citizen oi? the United States, residing at hinge members@ and-10. The member 10, .as by means 'of suitable screws or other fae- Cliie go, in the county oit Cool-r and State ot" toning devices 11, may be lixedl'y secured to lfllintls, l' ve invented certain new and usethe door, and the hinge member 9 may be atiii'ipioveinents in tlinges, of which the is a specification. Yvention relates to detachable hinge members adapted. particularly for use with dooieor other swinging devices to which it tached to the door-frame 7 through engage ment with a socketnieinber 12, this arrange ment being best illustrated in Fig.1. For the purpose of main-tainingthe door normally in closed posit-ion tension means lil maj, be readily attached or removed. may, be provided Iupon the detachable hinge l. is sought in the present invention to substantially in the manner shown. i

` evi-de 'lc-rin, ot detachable hinge, inex- Each ,of the hinge 4members is orniedv pensive and simple to manufacture, which preferably of a single piece of metal bent combines a minimum number of parts in its around and back at its Voutside edges 14 -to construction; to so arrange the hinge that provide a channel or groove 15 upon the tl ezeperation of attaching or detaching vthe under side thereof, a portioii'lG'iii the center sf ne with r f'nect to a iiiiedl y"seciired mem-I of the hinge member beingcut away'to probei' may 'tacilit'ated and expedited; and so consti-uct the hinge generally that it may be as nrinly and securely positioned as any other ordinary type o hinge. ylie invention vide an opening therein. By means of end web formations 17 and 1S the outside edge of the hinge is joined with the inside pqrtion `19. .'lhe end web formation 17 is raisedl with respect to the inside portion 19in such manner as to provide a mouth or opening 2O atone end ot 'the hinge njieinber,A Wille the end web 1S extends obliqnely from the inside portion 19 upwardly to the outside edge 14,

'further consists in the fea-v tures of construction and combination of parts hereinater described and claimed.

lnwthe drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation of the einge shown as 'attached lor'use with s, screen door; Fig. -2 is a cross section 4this oblique arrangement of such web prothroi the hinge on line. 2-2 of Fig. 1, vid'ing iii eilcct a stop member to be hereinloo ring, in the direction of the arroivsgl1` ig. 3 is a vieiv looking toward the rear or under d is an end elevation oi' hinge; and Big. 5 isa longitudinal section A:lien on line of Fig. 1, loolii'ig in the direction of the arrows. 4

ln a number of cases, and for .many ses, it is desirable that a door or other ing; device should be attached to a ,I stationary body in such nianiiei1` removal may be readily eltected, ancesoif this being found in storni screen doors and windows. Usually, screen after more fully explained.

A socket member 12 is adapted to be se cured-either to the door orbuilding` frame as by means of suitable screws or other 'las toning device 21, and is provided with offset tongues 22 arranged toA slide through the mouth under the end web 17 and overlie the 'under Wall of the groove 15 and the inside portion 12). lhe socket, *as shown, is preferably tapered slightly from end -to end, corresponding with a similar taper of the groove formation 15 and the inside portion 1), the smaller end oif the socket member abutting against the obliquely shaped end web 18,' by which. its longitudinal position \fvitliin the hinge member is determined.'

ln the construction shown and described,

use. oi' hinges, since for this purpose it has to employ means which require considerable time land vlabor `in attachment. p

A ln the present invention, 'there is provided 1S) is disposed substantially in the same which plane with tlie under wall of the groove 15, so that theseportions may contact evenly any body against which the hinge may be secured. Each of the hinge members may furthermore be `so arranged that the inside edges 1S) will moet when one member oit the hinpgehas been swung around into alinelfment with the other, thus serving as a stop detaehiible hinge, one portion ot may be iiXedly secured either toa fixed or swinging boon, and the other portion of which .uiav be readil attached or detached r l J e to a suitably7 secured socket member.

the drawings a screen 'lliereisl 'snown in door o secured to a suitable frame 7 through the medium of a detachable hinge consistieaeenree nay 27, isis;

'ing essentially of tivo pivotally connectedl it should be noted that tho inside portionto the action'of the tension member.

' struction.

to prevent furtherV swinging movement due The Fig. l as permanently door, and as detachably secured to a socket member fastened upon a stationary body. It is obvious, of course, that this arrangement may be changed around so that the hinge will be 'fiXedly secured to the stationary body and be detachably secured to the socket member which may then be fastened upon a swinghinge is shown in secured to a spring ing door. When this latter arrangement is adopted it becomes necessary to. inyert the position of the hinge so that the web 18 becomes the lower edge of the hinge, the socket member then being fitted into the hinge by a downward sliding movement. If, for any reason, it should be desired that the hinge when attached, as show-n in Fig. l, should be further secured to prevent accidental detachment from the socket member, a single screw may be utilized, as shown, thus 'serving mere y to prevent displacement, due to continual `usage, but it is obvious that the use of such means is unnecessary and is wholly precautionary. The obliquely extending web 18 serves as a positive stop to determine the correct position of the hinge when secured upon the socket member.

It is to be noted that the .hinge of my invention may be formed with the use of a die, and all the parts stamped or bent with vone operation. Y The bearings Q4, in which a pintle 25 is journaled, are formed by turning up end portions of the hinge members and are arranged to overlap -to a considerable extent, thereby providing a strong conn order to prevent warping or distortion of the tension means a sleeve 26 surrounds the pintle and is disposed within the ten-4 s ion means, here shown as a coiled spring.

,At the bearings located at one end of the device holes 27 are provided adapted to register when the hin-ge members are slightly swung toward ea'ch other to permit Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by WashingtonVD. C.

to hold the same in a confor attachment.

connected members, each formed of a singlev piece of metal bent around and back near its outside edge to provide a grooie on the underside thereof, and formed in its central portion with an opening, bounded on the outside by the walls of the aforesaid groove and on the inside b v an the hinge member disposed substantially in the same plane With the under wall of the aforesaid groove, in combination with a socket memberv provided with offset tongues adapted to overlie the under wall of the `aforesaid groove and the under-set edge of the hinge member to lock therewith, substantially as described.

2. A hinge composed of two pivotally connected members, each formed of a single piece of metal bent around and back near its outside edge to provide a groove on the 4underside thereof, and formed in its cen? tral portion with an opening bounded 0n the outside by the Walls of the aforesaid ge is being attached to the members in such relation nnderset edge of groove, on the inside by an under-set edge of the hinge member disposed substantially in the same plane withV the under wall of the aforesaid groove, and at one of its ends by a web extending transversely and obliquely between the aforesaid outside and under-set inside edges, Ain combination with a socket member providedv `with oset tongues adapted to overlie the under Wall of the aforesaid groove and the under-set edge of the hinge substantially as described.

ERSKINE H. JACKSON. Witnesses: y

EPHRAIM BANN1NG, WM. P. BoND.

addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

member to lock therewith, 

